Skyping with Grandma: the role of ICTs in everyday family life
Tricia Toso met with Shannon Hebblethwaite to discuss her most recent research and to learn a little more about the complexities of family communications, in particular the challenges grandparents experience.
Call for student applications: GUSEGG
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP, Graz Summer School Seggau /by Constance LafontaineACT is sponsoring a module on ageing, communication and technologies as part of the Graz International Summer School Seggau (GUSEGG), to be held in July 2017 and organized by the University of Graz. This year the module focusses on (Re)configuring Age and Ageing: Critical Mediations in Critical Times, and is taught by ACT researchers Line […]
End of fieldwork for Smartwatches, adoption(s) and appropriation(s)
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, News, Project updates, Smart Watches /by Constance LafontaineThe team for the ACT-funded research project Smartwatches, adoption(s) and appropriations(s) has recently completed one year of fieldwork. The fieldwork extended from Winter 2015/16 to Winter 2016/17. During this amazing period we conducted bi.monthly semi-structured interviews with participants, and performed a usability test. Interviews were recorded and transcribed and we are now analyzing them to bring the […]
Seniors Media Day at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre in Montreal
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance LafontaineOn Friday March 17, our partner the Atwater Library and Computer Centre (ALCC) is organizing a full day of activities under the theme “Seniors Media Day.” This day of events, which is the culmination of ALCC’s “Downsizing Project” conducted in collaboration with ACT, brings together seniors from the community to engage in hands-on workshops, panels and […]
RECAA-ACT Pop Up Restaurant
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, FoodTalks /by Constance LafontaineRessources ethnoculturelles contre l’abus envers les aîné(e)s (RECAA) and ACT invite you to their POP-UP Restaurant at Place Commune on March 25th, from 12pm to 2pm in Montreal. This event is part of a food blog project, Food Talks, À table with RECAA and friends, developed in partnership with ACT. The project has unfolded through […]
WAM Summer School: Celebrating 10 Years of WAM
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP /by Constance LafontaineCall for Papers – Summer School 2017 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF WAM “Noisy Women!”: The Women, Ageing and Media International Research Summer School 2017 27th – 29th June 2017 University of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester and Cheltenham The 2017 International Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) Research Summer School (at the University of Gloucestershire) will take place […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Concordia University on “The Politics of Social Gerontology in Asian Post-Industrialised Societies”
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP, News /by Constance LafontaineThe Concordia University Research Chair in Aging and Public Policy is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral fellow position to conduct research on “The Politics of Social Gerontology in Asian Post-Industrialized Societies.” The selected candidate will work with ACT Collaborator Patrik Marier, as well as Meghan Joy at Concordia University. Applications are due April 1, and the […]
ACT members on CKUT radio in Montreal
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, FoodTalks, Media watch, News /by Constance LafontaineACT members will be alongside partners Respecting Elders Communities against Abuse (RECAA) on the Older Women Live (OWL) radio programme on CKUT in Montreal. They will discuss the recent food blog project, and will talk about the longstanding collaboration between ACT and RECAA that spans creative and research projects. Listen in on Wednesday, March 8 […]
Spotlight on Technology and Dementia Research
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Constance LafontaineAgeing (Wo)Men and their World
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineAgeing (Wo)Men and their World will showcase the cross-cultural complexity of the ageing experience through a medley of still and moving images of elders in Montreal.
Stereotypes Contested: A Case Study on Older People’s Political Activism, ICT Usage, and Intergenerational Solidarity
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Daniel Blanche TarragóBy Daniel Blanche With this text I intend to share some reflections regarding the perception of stereotypes of older people, and how these are confronted by older adults who are highly active in political protests, in adopting information and communication technologies (ICT), and in continuous collaboration with younger generations. These reflections come from a broader […]
Loredana Ivan on “Seniors, risk and mobile communication” at IN3
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance LafontaineOn July 9, 2015, Loredana Ivan, ACT co-applicant and Professor at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Romania, spoke at IN3 at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona. Loredana was at IN3, a ACT partner institution, as a visiting scholar. Below, you can see a presentation she gave during her stay […]
New “ACT Lunch & Learn” speaker series at Concordia University featuring “Old, Crafty and Connected”
/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance LafontaineThe ACT project has launched a new “Lunch & Learn” series at Concordia. Each month, a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow is invited to present on their research. Colleagues provide feedback and ask questions in an informal setting. Everyone in the ACT community, from researchers to community partners, is invited to attend. The series kicked off in October 2016 […]